{"id":829,"date":"2012-12-29T18:56:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T18:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one-giant-step.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/29\/riding-my-way-through-it-one-giant-stepone-giant-step\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T23:55:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T23:55:13","slug":"riding-my-way-through-it-one-giant-stepone-giant-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one-giant-step.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/29\/riding-my-way-through-it-one-giant-stepone-giant-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding My Way Through ItOne Giant Step"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have a confession to make. I hate flying. Yep\u2026I, know\u2026around the world\u2026gonna have to fly.<\/p>\n

The idea of this trip was to do something unusual. To experience new cultures, hear new languages, see new things\u2026step out out of our comfort zone. \u2018One Giant Step\u2019 refers to that leap of faith required to step out and make ourselves uncomfortable. Flying makes me uncomfortable so mark one check mark in that box.<\/p>\n

I have thought a lot about how I am going to handle it. I know it\u2019s all in my head. I know all about the statistics and how \u2018safe\u2019 flying is. I know about the physics and how planes stay in the air. Intellectually, I have it all covered. Emotionally, I\u2019m usually a mess.<\/p>\n

I tried hypnosis<\/a>. Nope\u2026didn\u2019t work. I had high hopes for it and still think that it could work \u2013 the subconscious is a powerful place, but apparently my conscious being is more powerful and would not let it happen.<\/p>\n

I had a back up plan\u2026pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n

We were flying from Toronto to New York then onward to Lima on an overnight flight. Having some time to kill at the airport, we did what comes naturally and headed to the bar for a drink \u2013 that always helps smooth things out.\u00a0 We boarded the flight in Toronto and I popped an ativan to relieve the anxiety. We then proceeded to wait on the tarmac for 4 hours (damn, wasted an ativan!). It wasn\u2019t too bad though \u2013 the plane was new, they turned on the entertainment system and the very nice staff served us free beer. I\u2019m in a plane, but it\u2019s not in the air, so I\u2019m happy. The residual effects of the ativan and the beer easily get me through the barely one hour flight to New York.<\/p>\n

The late take off meant that we no longer had any significant layover in New York so we had to scrap our plans for the fastest NYC tour and instead headed to the bar to have another beer. You\u2019re not surprised\u2026are you?<\/p>\n

The New York\/Lima flight was an overnight flight. My plan was to pop a sleeping pill and wake up as we landed in Lima. No such luck \u2013 although I\u2019m exhausted I just can\u2019t drop off to sleep as any little bump in the air has me waking up.<\/p>\n

And so the final plan evolves\u2026<\/p>\n

Put my favorite song on eternal repeat on the iPod (currently \u2018The Mission\u2019 by Puscifer<\/a>), get as comfy as I can, tap my foot and move my head in time with the music (this masks the movement of the plane) and imagine myself on my bike riding down CBC on the North Shore. It doesn\u2019t get any better than this.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s how I find myself riding my way through it all the way to Lima.<\/p>\n

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